Home Town Season 2 Recap: Episode 3 – Countryside in the City

Last night on Home Town season 2, Erin and Ben helped a couple find a home in the city after living in the country for years. Emily and Billy are looking for a historic home, but they love to garden and historic homes don’t normally have big yards. They have a toddler at home and Emily is a stay at home mom. Out in the country there isn’t much for her to do and she wanted to be in an area that was a little more populated. Their all in budget is $185,000.

The first house they looked at was the Rutledge House, it’s a three bedroom, two bathroom home with almost 2200 square feet of space. It is priced at about $105,000. The front of the house has a sun room that Erin would want to make it a porch. Inside, the house has a lot of really high ceilings and gorgeous French doors. The living room only needs some little updates and the dining room also only needs minor updates as well. The kitchen is going to need a complete face lift though. Erin wants to open it up and completely remodel everything including the ceilings and floors. The house has a lot of potential, but they aren’t completely sold on it.

The second house they look at was the Creel House and it’s a little bigger than the Rutledge house with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2300 square feet. This house is only priced at $65,000 and immediately, Emily and Billy knows the inside of the house is going to need a lot of work. The ceilings in the house are a lot lower than the other house, but the living room is only cosmetic updates. Inside the master bedroom, they find a sauna and hot tub, yes you read that right. There is a bedroom on the other side of the room so they are going to take down the wall and combine them to make a big master suite for them. The kitchen is a complete gut job. There is also a bonus den off the kitchen. They are pretty sold on this house because of the size of the yard and the amount of gardening they can do.

Billy and Emily decided to go with the Rutledge house because of the high ceilings and the open plan. This is what the house looked like before the renovations!

Gallery: Before the Home Town Renovations

Demo only took one day, which worked out amazing for Erin and Ben, but when they returned the next day, they find out there is a problem. There was more rot in the front porch than they thought, but they come up with a plan on how to replace it. It ends up being a little more work than they thought, but it gets done and the front stairs are safe again. Ben and Erin went to an antique auction to try and find some things for Emily and Billy’s house. They find a small bureau that they plan on converting into a wall mounted vanity for their bathroom.

Erin has a great idea for the back splash, she decides to go see a neighbor of hers who has a print shop. They come up with a great Spanish tile design and makes a big stamp for printing. Erin then helps make the color for the print which is this gorgeous teal color and they print wall paper for the back splash! It looks amazing!

Meanwhile, they are using the windows from the old sun room to make a buffet for the dining room, which I didn’t think was going to work, but it did and it looks amazing! The cabinets are going to be a dark grey, but the counter tops are white and everything else is going to be lighter in the room too. The counters come in and it takes about four guys to bring in the one for the island, but I really like the light counter tops on the dark cabinets.

Erin is back at the house re-facing the fireplace with new tile. After a few other updates and finishings, Billy and Emily’s house is ready for them to move in! This is what their house looked like after Erin and Ben were finished with the renovation!